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Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy Collection part 7 - Boggy Swamp
Rats, so many rats (0.o). The Boggy Swamp awaits, lets do a little pest control.
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Consignments of Indian fruit and vegetables often face quarantine restrictions or rejections in export markets because of pest infestation or high pesticide residues. In the domestic market, too, unsafe levels of pesticide residues in food items have become a major concern, inviting injunctions from courts to curb this menace. The solution lies in finding and promoting safer, preferably non-toxic means of pest control. Options for implementing this include the use of bio-pesticides or natural enemies (predators) of the pests; hot and cold treatment and irradiation of the produce; and equipping plants with inbuilt resistance against pests and diseases through genetic modification, among others. However, most of these methods have their own limitations that restrict their usage.
Another hi-tech, yet easy-to-use method that has shown good potential for controlling pests is the deployment of pheromones - natural or artificial odours, including sex aromas - that lure insects to either trap and destroy them or disrupt their breeding. These aromas, similar to the ones emitted by insects themselves, are species-specific. They, therefore, do not result in killing all insects indiscriminately - as is done by most pesticides - regardless of whether they are harmful or useful to the crops as pollinators or predators of pests. Besides, these are required to be used in extremely low doses and do not leave any harmful residue that affects the marketability of the produce. In the past half century, scientists have identified and synthesised around 1,500 pheromones for different insect species. These have found widespread application in agriculture, forestry and urban pest management.
However, for using pheromones on a mass scale, the techniques for dispensing them in fields need to be reliable, economical and simple enough for the farmers to use. For this, many methods, including aerial spraying, have been tried out but with limited success. Many medium (carrier)-based pheromone dispensers have also been developed and are commercially available. But most of them are sensitive to ambient temperature and other atmospheric conditions that limit their use to certain seasons only. In recent years, various kinds of gels have been used as the medium or carrier for pheromones for field application. However, many of the commonly used gels, notably hydrogel, swell or shrink, depending on the obtaining humidity level, or tend to degenerate under other adverse circumstances.
To get over these constraints, scientists have now used state-of-the-art nanotechnology to evolve hassle-free gel-based carriers for pheromones called nanogels. They have been found to be the most convenient option for field application of pheromones in all seasons, regardless of the temperature or humidity. Besides, they are easy to transport and do not require specialised storage. Pheromones absorbed in nanogels are released slowly over an extended period to provide longer-term protection against pests. Nanogels are now also used in human and animal health care for slow delivery of drugs in the required quantity to targeted spots in the body. In pest control, too, pheromone-doped nanogels have displayed the ability to release pheromones gradually in the needed quantity.
The technology for preparing these nanogels for agricultural use has been evolved by a team of scientists belonging to the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science and the National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. "This simple, practical and low-cost environment-friendly method of pest management has a significant potential for crop protection due to its long-lasting beneficial activity, excellent efficacy and favourable safety profile", says NBAIR senior scientist Deepa Bhagat, who was part of the team that invented the nanogel. This technology can be efficiently and economically carried forward from the research laboratory to agricultural fields to control pests of crops such as cotton, pigeon pea, chickpea, tomato, brinjal, coffee, guava, mango, rice and others, Bhagat points out. The developers of the nanogel have already initiated the patent process before it is licensed to entrepreneurs for commercial production and promotion.
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Caroly Shumway knows living in the midst of greens isn't always so green.
From fertilizers for the lawn to defective septic systems, suburban life has various sources of bacteria and nutrients that can run into nearby rivers to pollute them, according to Shumway, executive director of Merrimack River Watershed Council.
The council is trying to keep these pollutants from going into the Merrimack River after the federal government awarded $300,000 in grant for the nonprofit agency to work on the initiative. The organization's goal is to plant more trees along some tributaries of the Merrimack and create larger natural buffers for the river that supplies drinking water to 600,000 residents in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
"This will help clean up the water before it gets to Lowell" and other developed areas, Shumway said.
U.S. Forest Service/Northeast Area State and Private Forestry recently awarded the Merrimack River Watershed Council with a three-year grant called "Expanding Riparian forest buffers in threatened urban and suburban watersheds: A precision storm water approach."
The funding will help the Lawrence-based organization identify three smaller watersheds within the Merrimack River watershed in Massachusetts and another three in New Hampshire where expansion of protection buffers through tree and shrub plantings would make the greatest impact for the water quality of the river.
The MRWC will be working the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Nashua River Watershed Association and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Shumway said.
The council has already selected five smaller watersheds as potential project sites in Massachusetts. They include three in the Nashua River -- two of which are near the Squannacook River -- one in the Assabet River in the Concord area and Powwow River in the Amesbury area. The Council will eventually choose three of these five sub-watersheds for the project.
The project is important because the U.S. Forest Service identified the Merrimack as one of the most "threatened" rivers in the country in its report in 2010, Shumway said. In that report, the Merrimack ranked first among rivers in the eastern part of the U.S. in terms of the amount of private forested land that will be lost over the next two decades. Over the past years, old mill cities like Lowell installed more storm-water-only sewer pipes to prevent overflow from wastewater treatment plants during heavy rainfalls has helped improve the water quality in the Merrimack. But increasing buffers upstream to filter out pathogens and nutrients is also important, Shumway said.
Shumway said every dollar invested in land preservation for the protection of drinking-water sources translates into $27 savings on the cost of water treatment.
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Two scythe lawn mowing styles
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(PRWEB) January 26, 2015
Southview Design won two awards for Excellence in Landscape Design from the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) this month.
Southview Design landscape designer Tim Johnson won the award for the swimming pool landscape design he created for a Vadnais Heights couple; landscape designer Colleen Moran won the award for her suburban backyard design for an Edina family.
Adjacent to natural wetlands, the Vadnais Heights backyard had serious drainage issues. The homeowners pool wasnt installed correctly, causing groundwater to seep into the pool. Runoff from the owners house and the neighbors yard created puddles in the backyard, rendering it nearly unusable.
Southviews first order of business was to turn a soggy backyard into a livable area. They re-graded the yard and installed drain tile to redirect the runoff. Building a concrete base and decorative drain tile in the pool deck also helped solve the drainage issue. Finally, Southview put in a drip irrigation system with multiple drip areas that redirects water to the gardens.
Johnsons design also included creating an outdoor living room under the deck. Bluestone pavers accent the living space under the deck and line the pool deck, while an outdoor lighting system provides ambiance. Colorful perennial gardens and mature trees line the outer edge of the property, which is accented with boulders.
While the Vadnais Heights couple had rarely ventured beyond their deck, they are now enjoying their new backyard, swimming in the lap pool in the summer and soaking in the hot tub in the winter. Their new favorite pastime is relaxing in the new outdoor living room space overlooking the pool, gardens and wetlands, teeming with wildlife.
For photos of the award-winning Vadnais Heights backyard design, visit: http://southviewdesign.com/landscape-designs/award-winners/suburban-pool-landscape.html.
The Edina property offers views and access to Lake Cornelia. Although the home was on a higher elevation the drop from the sliding glass doors to the ground is about eight feet the one stipulation was that they didnt want a deck. This required thinking outside the box, said Moran.
Morans design combined tiered paver patios and a modular block retaining wall, built to fit the scale of the home. The tiered walls were sized and constructed to create livable spaces, including a dining area, fire pit, and areas for plants and flowers.
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The Thames Baths swimming pool would offer 25 metres of swimming in the middle of the river Thames in London.
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By Tim ChesterUK2015-01-26 12:41:18 UTC
LONDON Berlin's got one. New York is set to get one. Now, it looks like London could get one too.
Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames.
The Thames Baths project would see a 10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a full filtration system and pool-side decking, plonked in the murky waters by the Victoria Embankment, the Guardian reports.
The pool project has been conceived by architects Studio Octopi and Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects as well as other studios and construction companies, and is backed by Tracey Emin and The Outdoor Swimming society among others.
It aims to offer an alternative to the hot, chlorine-infused experience of an indoor pool and will likely charge between 4 and 6 for a dip. Beds of reeds and a glass barrier will keep river water away from the pool water, which will be "as clean as anything you would find in a mountain lake" according to Tim Evans from another firm on the project Gartenart.
An artist's impression of the swimming pool in the Thames.
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Repairs of the high schools tennis courts get the go-ahead.
With some residents calling them the worst tennis courts in Orange County, plans were given the go-ahead this past Tuesday to refurbish rather than upgrade the Park Avenue courts across from Laguna Beach High School. The decision will cost $620,000 and was made at a joint meeting between the Laguna Beach City Council and Laguna Beach Unified School District board.
Resolving a year of disagreements, the courts will be repaired rather than equipped with post-tensioned slabs that prevent cracking, and the city and the district will split costs 70-30 as previously negotiated. Repairs at the community pool, which is adjacent to the courts and also used by high-school students, were also agreed upon.
Instead of upgrading the tennis courts with a longer-lasting post-tensioned apparatus triggering requirements that tripled projected costs the city proposed to sandblast, replace cracked concrete, patch, level and resurface with a premium sealer. The sealer, according to the city report, will reduce cracking and water seepage. The council unanimously approved the plan while the school board will officially vote on both improvement projects at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 27.
The city and the school district considered post-tensioned construction a year ago. Total costs escalated to $1.36 million because the post-tensioned project is considered new construction and triggered costly requirements to reconfigure access for the disabled and a review by the Division of the State Architect.
The city balked at paying for the more expensive upgrade pushed by the district. Last week, the stalemate was resolved with face-to-face talks. School board members agreed to jettison plans for post-tensioned slabs following a presentation of a city soils report showing no conditions at the courts warranted the stabilizing post-tensioned slabs.
Bids on post-tensioned courts, considered higher quality with greater longevity, were sought at the request of members of the public, board member Jan Vickers explained. No one anticipated costs would triple due to unexpected new construction requirements, she said.
We, as a city, have the worst tennis courts in all of Orange County, said resident Tiana Hamilton, whose children played tennis in competitions at other schools in the county. I dont think thats anything to be proud of. Hamilton and her husband Paul urged the two governing boards to choose quality. Resident Howard Hills admonished the school district for never comparing the high school courts to the quality of courts at schools in other cities.
The school board should have known what the situation was on the courts, under the courts and around the courts when they did the reconstruction of our facilities, Hills said, referring to a $39-million bond measure approved by the community in 2001 to modernize district buildings. This represents gross negligence that this wasnt done.
Besides resurfacing playing surfaces, the improvements will also include new LED lighting, refurbished lighting standards, upgraded fencing, windscreens and nets, and a new drinking fountain and viewing benches. Esthetically, it will be a beautiful facility, said Ben Siegel, the citys director of community services, following his report at the meeting.
FHX Forestry Mulcher by RockHound on Kubota SVL75
The FHX Defender Forestry Mulcher is the product of years of high-performance brush cutter engineering. It allows standard flow skid steers and track loaders to become powerful fuel reduction...
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